Tuesday, January 24, 2012

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein.

When I look around me, the whole world is a miracle. The mountains, the sky, the trees, the bears, and our dogs.

I hope that a miracle is underway in this aspen grove. My friends and I spread huge number of columbine seeds in our forest last fall, including in this aspen grove. The seeds are sleeping right now under a deep layer of snow. I hope that we have new columbine seedlings next spring!

A storm moved into our world today, right in the middle of my snowbike ride. It was sunny when I started on the trails, following in the footsteps of two coyotes.

And, a thick snowy soup had invaded by the time I finished. It's been tough to keep riding even though K can't go with me on snowbike rides anymore. It makes me sad but I know that my spine feel worse if I don't ride.

K took advantage of the day to snooze by the fireplace.

Now, it's still snowing - not too hard but it feels like deep winter outside. The Labraduo loves it.

The softly falling snow speckled K's chocolate fur this evening.

During our evening hike, R had his trademark high-voltage energy. Sometimes it feels like he's going to levitate straight out of his skin with pure energy. He's an inspiring soul - he grabs every instant of joy and fully immerses himself in it. The miracle about R is that he's recently turned a sharp corner, becoming much more focused on us than on the world around him. I can be far more relaxed while hiking with him than I used to be.

I wonder if R's transformation will last? I think so. Miracles can happen.

Miracles are laid before us every day, every moment. I know you see this, for I have seen the pictures you take and the words you speak. Thank you for reminding me of the truth of miracles.Blessings,Goose

I think back to Treat's illness and then her passing, and I think the five weeks when she was sick was a transformation time for Blueberry. I don't remember Blue being very different while Treat was sick, but I was so wrapped up in Treat that I may have just been oblivious to what the other dogs were doing. But Blue really changed and blossomed after Treat left us. Sometimes I wasn't even sure she was the same dog I'd seen wrestling over a whole chicken with my husband in the living room! lol Perhaps K has had a little talk with R about how to be the best dog he can be! Miracles do happen, and part of the miracle is that they often happen just when you need them!

I do hope the columbine bursts forth so you can enjoy them and we can have even more photographs of this wonderful flower.

Perhaps R perceives that everyone is a little more worried than usual. And might grow up a bit and focus on you and the runner a bit more. His eyes in this picture do seem more knowing. Then I remember his silly face not long ago. He might be growing up, but he will definitely have more teenage days ahead. And I'm sure that's how you want it.

Hi KBI agree with you that the columbine seeds are sleeping under the snow and earth- waiting for spring to come. I just know you will see them this year. I think you also answered a question I had in my mind when we had our snow. We saw these paw tracks in the road- each step was like a single file step- like the photo you showed of the two coyote tracks along side each other. The instep was longer that my moms foot steps.-- just a single file track in the snow- I think it was a coyote track.K and R- look so beautiful with the snow flakes on them. And I am sure that resting by the fire felt good to them.And of course there are many miracles, and I am asking for one for K.Thank you for sharing more beauty of your world.lovetweedles

Such wonderful photos of your world today, KB. I'm going to be thinking of those Columbine in the aspen grove. I can see them in my mind's eye already. I think Miracles happen whether we expect them or not.

See, I has springs in my legs dat makes be ables to jump way high up into da trashcan.It was a new trashcan and I was investigating...da peeps bought a new dat had a lid so "some" dogs wouldn't be ables to do dat. And mum, furgots it had a top and didn't close it...I jump in! Then I couldn't get and nows I learned my lesson...hehehe.

Beautiful first picture....Everything is a miracle. I´m happy that one of the puppies in my first litter last year turned out well. He was born with a defect, one in a million defect. He is ok after a operation. Thats a miracle. We kept him like his sister. We have now cold wheather so the snow we´ve got will stay.

As much as I love seeing K's auburn fur in your pics, the first one is breathtaking with her shadowed form against the purple sky. I hope you don't mind if I borrow this as a screensaver for a little while. (Usually it's Chester but in this case, I might make an exception) I guess because of your colder climate, I can tell her fur is much thicker than Chesters is and it makes me want to run my fingers thru it. R is a handsome boy in his own right - interesting how he is maturing all of a sudden. Every day is a gift - that's why they call it the present!

Hi KB, I tried to post to your blog on wednesday via my phone but my big fingers got in the way!! As I read your blog I smiled as I was going to post the same quote by Einstein on my blog that day!! Miracles do happen everyday and they are all around us as you well know.It's now saturday and I know K had a treatment yesterday, so I am hoping that you and K are enjoying a quite day together-- Look forward to your updates on her progress.

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I live at 8200' in the Front Range of Colorado. I love exploring nature
in the mountains while riding my mountain bike and romping with my
two Labradors. Photography is another passion, including both "normal" photography and trail camera photography of wildlife.

My two dogs are Shyla, a 4-year-old Chocolate Lab, and R, a 8-year-old Black Lab.